Need to get rust out of my bore

[Fishboyat]

Hey all hope yall are in good health, I recently acquired a Thompson Center Arms Omega that had been shot and never cleaned. Don't know any of its history. I have used soapy water with baking soda (I oiled the bore with lucas heavy duty gun oil after wards )and lucas bore solvent mixed with T/C Muzzleloader bore cleaner and baking soda to make a abrasive compond with a Brass Bore brush and theirs still a thin layer of rust that's redish brown

(I think) in the Bore Im also going to paint the barrel with Brownells aluma hyde II. I'm stumped and any advice would help

 

[tenngun]

Thought you had several answers
Get grinding compound at an auto parts store. Smear on a patch and wipe
Or 0000 steel wool

 

[olgrumpy]

Kroil & J-B borecleaning compound might help some.

 

[Spooncreek]

Brass brush and straight ballistol, I have cleaned up a couple rough ones with that comby

 

[French Colonial]

Really and truly we are talking about cleaning up a bore and not any unmentionable........

From your first picture I will say it looks like you have most/all of the loose rust out and any further cleaning will yield minimal results. The pits will be there forever without a freshening/rebore.

Go shoot it, several times 15-20 or more at a target and see what it does, then clean it and you will know whether to keep it or buy a better gun.

 

[rchas]

Cut a square of scotchbrite pad and put it over an under size jag. Use a light oil, WD-40 is fine. Scrub til you're happy.

Don't worry too much, you'd be surprised how well a rough bore can shoot. Probably not national match accurate, but definitely minute of deer.

 

[Fishboyat]

Hey all hope yall are in good health, I recently acquired a Thompson Center Arms Omega that had been shot and never cleaned. Don't know any of its history. I have used soapy water with baking soda (I oiled the bore with lucas heavy duty gun oil after wards )and lucas bore solvent mixed with T/C Muzzleloader bore cleaner and baking soda to make a abrasive compond with a Brass Bore brush and theirs still a thin layer of rust that's redish brownView attachment 351183 View attachment 351184(I think) in the Bore Im also going to paint the barrel with Brownells aluma hyde II. I'm stumped and any advice would help

Hey all, Thank you for taking your time and giving me advice. I will most likely use 0000
Steel wool or a Big 45 pad along with evapo rust. And if that dosent work well enough, I'll use a valve lapping compound. Once I get the supplies to do these things I will update yall.

 

[Buckskinquin]

IOOSO gun cleaning paste, available Midway USA, a light abrasive paste made for scrubbing barrels. Less aggressive than valve grinding paste. $4.79 tube.

 

[Fishboyat]

IOOSO gun cleaning paste, available Midway USA, a light abrasive paste made for scrubbing barrels. Less aggressive than valve grinding paste. $4.79 tube.

Hey okay I'll check that product out. Thank you

 

[Fishboyat]

Cut a square of scotchbrite pad and put it over an under size jag. Use a light oil, WD-40 is fine. Scrub til you're happy.

Don't worry too much, you'd be surprised how well a rough bore can shoot. Probably not national match accurate, but definitely minute of deer.

Heck this is my first Firearm I doubt I could even hit a 12×18 target at 25 yards but anyways thanks for the advice

 

[Fishboyat]

Really and truly we are talking about cleaning up a bore and not any unmentionable........

From your first picture I will say it looks like you have most/all of the loose rust out and any further cleaning will yield minimal results. The pits will be there forever without a freshening/rebore.

Go shoot it, several times 15-20 or more at a target and see what it does, then clean it and you will know whether to keep it or buy a better gun.

Yeah I sure hope I won't have to buy another I have Flys coming out of my wallet

 

[R Ellis]

as said before green scotch brite is your friend .buy the original not some other

 

[Kansas Jake]

I like the scotch brite soaked with pb blaster to loosen rust. Obviously it won’t take out a deep pit.

 

[JimKim]

My barrel had a really rough spot about halfway down. I had to use a mallet to pound a patched ball through that sesectioni thought it would shoot out, but it didn't. I even used cream of wheat as a filler several times, but it didn't work.

This may be a bit extreme for you, but it worked for me. I used distilled vinegar in mine. You don't want to get it on the bluing. I stuck a toothpick in the flash hole. I stood the barrel straight up in a bucket of water. I filled the barrel with distilled vinegar, using a syringe. I let it sit over night. The next day I washed it out, good with boiling water and Dawn. I used a jag and patch to pull the soapy water through the drum into the barrel. After that I hit it with WD40, swabbed it out with a dry patch, and let it finish drying. Now I can load it with just hand pressure, and it shoots better than my eyes can see.

 

[LME]

Has anyone tried electrolyis?
I have used it on other things and it will remove rust no matter where it trys to hide. A nylon brush will finish the job.

 

[Fishboyat]

My barrel had a really rough spot about halfway down. I had to use a mallet to pound a patched ball through that sesectioni thought it would shoot out, but it didn't. I even used cream of wheat as a filler several times, but it didn't work.

This may be a bit extreme for you, but it worked for me. I used distilled vinegar in mine. You don't want to get it on the bluing. I stuck a toothpick in the flash hole. I stood the barrel straight up in a bucket of water. I filled the barrel with distilled vinegar, using a syringe. I let it sit over night. The next day I washed it out, good with boiling water and Dawn. I used a jag and patch to pull the soapy water through the drum into the barrel. After that I hit it with WD40, swabbed it out with a dry patch, and let it finish drying. Now I can load it with just hand pressure, and it shoots better than my eyes can see.

My barrel had a really rough spot about halfway down. I had to use a mallet to pound a patched ball through that sesectioni thought it would shoot out, but it didn't. I even used cream of wheat as a filler several times, but it didn't work.

This may be a bit extreme for you, but it worked for me. I used distilled vinegar in mine. You don't want to get it on the bluing. I stuck a toothpick in the flash hole. I stood the barrel straight up in a bucket of water. I filled the barrel with distilled vinegar, using a syringe. I let it sit over night. The next day I washed it out, good with boiling water and Dawn. I used a jag and patch to pull the soapy water through the drum into the barrel. After that I hit it with WD40, swabbed it out with a dry patch, and let it finish drying. Now I can load it with just hand pressure, and it shoots better than my eyes can see.

Thanks for the info, I've read on people using vinegar so I may try it

 

[waksupi]

That's not rust, it's damage from fake powders. The only way to get rid of it is to get it freshed out.

 

[Fishboyat]

That's not rust, it's damage from fake powders. The only way to get rid of it is to get it freshed out.

That's not rust, it's damage from fake powders. The only way to get rid of it is to get it freshed out.

This is what was in the back of my head while cleaning my rifle because the "stain" on the Bore didn't behave as rust would, so thanks for the info

 

[waksupi]

This is what was in the back of my head while cleaning my rifle because the "stain" on the Bore didn't behave as rust would, so thanks for the info

I would shoot it and see how it does. I've seen some sewer pipes shoot great.

 

[Fishboyat]

I would shoot it and see how it does. I've seen some sewer pipes shoot great.

Yep, I'm going to shoot it here soon. I have gotten the money together to buy shooting supplys. Just have to make time to go to a range. And thank you